Sony Xperia M Dual

Overview

A Heavy Device With Good Battery Backup

By Natasha

Sony is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and develops electronic gadgets. Its headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan. The company has released the Xperia M dual, a smartphone in August, 2013. The box packs a handset, charger, headset, USB cable and user manual. Let's check out this smartphone in detail.

Design and Display

Sony Xperia M is designed precisely from the premium glass screen to aluminum power button. Its innovative skeleton frame with Sony OmniBalance design provides symmetry to the phone. The customizable illuminations makes it more unique which notify you of facebook updates and incoming calls. It comes with a height of 124.0mm, width of 62.0mm and a thickness of 9.3mm as its dimension figures along with a weight of 115grams. The smartphone flaunts a bright scratch resistant TFT display of 4-inches with 16M colors and a 854x480 pixel resolution.

Hardware and Software

The Xperia M has a powerful dual-core 1 GHz processor with Qualcomm snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 chip-set and Adreno 305 GPU. The smartphone has an internal memory of 4 GB which can be increased up to 32 GB via micro SD card. Powering the device is an Android v4.3 Jelly Bean operating system and a massive RAM of 1 GB.

Telephony and Messaging

Sony Xperia M is a dual SIM device that operates on 2G (GSM) and 3G (HSDPA) frequencies. The phonebook has the capacity to store an unlimited number of contacts. SMS, MMS, email, IM and push mail are the messaging facilities available for this smartphone. The Xperia M is featured with predictive text input which makes typing an easy task.

Camera

The 5 MP primary camera with LED flash and auto-focus takes 2592x1944 resolution pictures. Other camera features include Geo-tagging, face detection, 4x digital zoom, touch-focus, red eye reduction, HDR and sweep panorama. The VGA front-facing camera of phone enables the users to video calling.

Multimedia

The FM Radio with RDS gives you better and uninterrupted listening pleasure. The music player supports the MP3, 3GPP, MP4, SMF, WAV, OTA and Ogg vorbis audio formats while the audio recording supports the 3GPP, MP4 and AMR. One can play as well as record the 720p HD videos on to the Xperia M. The motion gaming, video streaming, Sony entertainment network and 3D games are also there for the users comfort. It comes pre-loaded with various apps like Google play, Google chrome, Google voice search and Google maps for street view and latitude.

Connectivity and Battery

The connectivity features of Xperia M includes A-GPS, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC, DLNA certified, Native USB tethering, PC companion, screen mirroring, micro USB v2.0, Xperia link, Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi hotspot functionality. The Xperia M is equipped with a Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery which offers a talk-time up to 10 hours 18 min and a stand-by time up to 552 hours on 2G network while a talk-time up to 9 hours and stand-by time up to 454 hours on 3G network.

Shades and Price

Sony Xperia M is available in three exciting color options: Black, White and Purple. The approximate price for the device is Rs.11,669.